The proposals for a new NSW planning scheme contained in the in the Green Paper are deeply disturbing. These proposals would bring about a significant reduction in environmental protection, public participation in decision making and access to the courts. Community and conservation activists should not wait till these proposals are fleshed out but object to the general thrust of the proposed deregulation plan now.

This excellent video of dramatic images by Ian Brown and others (see below) that Karen McLaughlin has put to original new music by the noted composer Amanda Handel, with the assistance of the composer.
Special thanks to those who generously donated their images for this video: Andrew Valja, Rob Baigent, Judith Bennett, Ian Brown, Julie Flavell, Chris Jonkers, John Harris, Akos Lumnitzer, Julian Robinson, Sonja Ross and L & M Turton, Julie Favell and Chris Jonkers.